Stuart J. Chambers Purchases 859 Shares of Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) Stock

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL - Get Free Report) insider Stuart J. Chambers bought 859 shares of Anglo American stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 2,044 ($27.93) per share, for a total transaction of £17,557.96 ($23,989.56).

Anglo American Trading Up 6.9%

Shares of Anglo American stock traded up GBX 138 ($1.89) during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 2,143.50 ($29.29). 3,412,652 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,580,573. Anglo American plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,900.01 ($25.96) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,999.77 ($40.99). The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,127.77 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,258.01. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.84. The firm has a market capitalization of £32.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -19.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank reiterated a "sell" rating and set a GBX 2,100 ($28.69) price target on shares of Anglo American in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 2,522.50 ($34.47).

About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers.

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